Robot leads wedding

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

http://www.slashgear.com/i-fairy-robot-leads-japanese-wedding-1785766/





Most of the surprise over this Japanese wedding ceremony performed by a four foot tall robot called I-Fairy is centered on the unusual officiator; I’m more surprised that a bride allowed herself to be overshadowed on her “special day”. On a day where people have been maimed for wearing nicer shoes than the bride herself, Kokoro – the company who produce the robot – were brave to put the roughly $70k ‘bot into such danger.



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Actually, the bride herself works for the company and wanted to use the wedding to show how readily robots can integrate into peoples’ daily lives. ”I always felt that robots would become more integrated into people’s everyday lives” Satoko Inoue told reporters, “this cute robot is part of my company, I decided that I would love to have it at my ceremony.” I-Fairy more normally is to be found helping museum visitors find their way around the exhibits.

 

[Rapunzel]

Beautiful dress! I wonder if I-fairy can officially marry them or if they had to have a priest/ vicar/ samurai/ ninja/ whatever officiating as well?

 

[Durandal]

That's an unusual Japanese wedding (European-style), but they are secular, so you just have to register a license.



First they guide you around museums, then they marry people - next they terminate Humanity. If I see one of those anywhere near me, it's getting shotgunned in the face.

 

[Evil Eye]

You'll either have to be very sneaky or have $70k if you want to do that, Durandal

So... first there's a guy who marries a game character then there's a guy who marries a pillow and now there's a robot marrying two people

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

That picture is just so funny and strange to look at, Ive made it my desktop for now.